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Originally Posted by HalveBlue
Modern, developed countries face little chance of experiencing societal or governmental collapse like what was happening not even 50 years ago.
It should be noted, also, however, that gun bans do not have a distinguishable correlation with dropping gun related crime. Nor do countries with liberal gun laws have an epidemic problem with gun related crime.
South Africa has a near total ban on firearms yet has one of the highest crime, and particularly gun crime rates in the world. Conversely, Israel and Switzerland have private gun ownerships as high or higher than the U.S. yet do not share the same rate of gun crimes.
Although there are legitimate points on both sides of the issue, in the end the issue is more or less about way individual societies view weapons and acceptable behavior as opposed to the actual objects themselves.
I personally am a concealed firearms permit holder. I feel more secure knowing I have the ability to do what I feel will improve my personal safety. Although I should also note that I've never been in a situation where that level of force is necessary. In fact, the number of situations that could have remotely escalated to that level are so few and far between that it's irrelevant. Guess I'm a lucky, peaceable person.
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Great post.
I don't carry concealed because I can't get a CCW here in SD county, but I have carried openly before (Condition Four only, though, and with loaded mags on the other hip), and I usually carry my Sig in a locked case on days I don't have to go to school. The locked case exempts me from concealment laws and provides Fourth Amendment protection to my Second.
Firearms are equalizers. They provide the means for an 85-year-old woman with arthritis to fight back against a 25-year-old who, when not robbing or stealing, likes to lift weights and has a one and a half foot height advantage.
By the way, I live in a blue state, and most blue states have higher crime than red states. Blue states also tend to have more restrictive gun laws but high gun crime.